UPDATE: A Twitter spokesman says that both accounts in question are now active — and declined to comment further.
Isaac Cohen, whose account is now live, has shared his correspondence from Twitter regarding his suspension.
Apparently it's against the TOS to have an NPO account that you retweet. They told me it'd be perma banned. So Idk if I can use it properly. pic.twitter.com/VHoPngJUBP
— Isaac Cohen (@IHWCo) September 21, 2016
They were certainly threatening to keep my main account banned too. pic.twitter.com/FOzwfXIuG9
— Isaac Cohen (@IHWCo) September 21, 2016
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Twitter has just suspended – for the second time – two accounts dedicated to advancing women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.
The account @SafeMov claimed on its bio: “S.A.F.E Movement is a non profit organisation against the systemic discrimination from Guardianship against women in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”
The person responsible for the movement, Isaac Cohen, who uses @IHWCo Twitter handle, has also been suspended.
But, so far, the reason for the ban remains unclear.
Heat Street has contacted Twitter and is currently awaiting for the response.
.@twitter has suspended @SafeMov, an account dedicated to Saudi women's rights.@SamHarrisOrg @MaajidNawaz @MrAtheistPants @RichardDawkins pic.twitter.com/Y72OoVdFbh
— Lalo Dagach (@LaloDagach) September 20, 2016
Both @Safemov and @IHWCo were first suspended yesterday evening. Shortly after they returned to Twitter – within a matter of hours – both accounts were suspended again.
Reasons for the suspension have been speculated on by scores of people.
Some have floated the idea that it may be due to the accounts tweeting with the #StopEnslavingSaudiWomen hashtag.
However, this is hardly a controversial statement by itself.
Others have noted that some members of the Saudi Royal Family own more shares in Twitter than Jack Dorsey, co-founder of the company. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is Twitter’s second largest shareholder after he increased his holdings in 2015.
Again, @jack @twitter @Support : why is a women's rights campaign account @SafeMov suspended? #StopEnslavingSaudiWomen
— Haneen (@CallaLily013) September 21, 2016
We need @twitter and @jack to verify @IHWCo or @SafeMov to end this campaign of false-reporting. They *are* accounts of public interest.
— Lucas (@LogicLens) September 21, 2016
Hi @twitter @Support can you explain why you keep suspending @IHWCo & @SafeMov campaigning for Saudi women's rights #StopenslavingSaudiwomen
— Julie Lenarz (@MsJulieLenarz) September 21, 2016
Twitter has had a bad few months. In July Milo Yiannopoulos was banned from the micro-blogging site for, allegedly, encouraging trolls to attack actress Leslie Jones.
Who’s next to be axed?
